Species

Bird Species in French Polynesia

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Bird species and observation frequencies
SpeciesAnnual frequencyJanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
Blue-billed White-Tern
Gygis candida
43.2%49.7%41.7%48.1%50.5%44.6%36.2%41.7%39.2%43.7%35.8%46.4%41.1%
Zebra Dove
Geopelia striata
40.8%48.6%46.2%34.2%35.1%32.5%45.2%34.1%49.1%38.9%30.5%43.1%52.3%
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
38.6%40.7%34.1%33.5%37.6%39.1%32.4%40.9%35.3%42.0%37.8%47.5%41.7%
Common Myna
Acridotheres tristis
38.1%46.8%39.7%31.0%30.6%25.9%43.5%27.9%48.7%42.6%29.3%41.4%49.4%
Great Crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii
35.7%35.4%29.6%35.1%37.1%29.7%38.6%44.0%45.2%41.5%24.9%36.8%30.9%
Red-vented Bulbul
Pycnonotus cafer
33.5%45.8%31.3%23.8%26.8%23.8%36.5%23.9%43.7%38.6%25.8%38.1%43.7%
Chestnut-breasted Munia
Lonchura castaneothorax
27.1%36.4%35.1%20.0%20.0%18.3%28.7%22.1%29.2%25.1%24.4%30.1%35.3%
Pacific Reef-Heron
Egretta sacra
24.2%23.3%21.0%22.2%23.7%21.2%27.1%31.5%29.7%28.0%18.8%23.1%21.3%
Red-footed Booby
Sula sula
21.8%18.1%15.1%28.2%27.3%31.6%17.8%30.9%18.1%23.8%18.9%23.0%8.2%
Black Noddy
Anous minutus
21.4%23.5%23.4%28.2%19.8%24.6%21.8%21.6%15.7%20.2%20.2%25.4%12.8%
Silvereye
Zosterops lateralis
19.6%23.1%17.4%11.2%15.5%15.5%22.4%20.4%26.5%22.3%20.6%20.3%19.4%
Great Frigatebird
Fregata minor
18.7%18.5%14.8%21.6%17.8%18.2%18.4%21.5%18.7%19.8%16.8%23.2%14.9%
White-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon lepturus
18.0%19.6%20.9%13.0%14.7%20.3%18.1%17.3%22.3%15.5%17.8%18.2%18.0%
Wandering Tattler
Tringa incana
18.0%22.3%19.1%21.5%19.9%11.4%7.6%12.8%14.3%26.9%19.2%21.8%18.8%
Lesser Frigatebird
Fregata ariel
17.4%16.4%13.6%19.9%17.6%21.6%17.6%21.4%15.0%20.7%15.2%16.0%14.3%
Rock Pigeon
Columba livia
17.3%22.0%23.2%17.1%15.9%13.2%19.8%12.9%19.3%14.6%15.0%16.5%18.3%
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
16.6%12.0%14.5%19.7%18.5%23.7%17.3%26.0%18.5%14.7%12.9%14.6%6.8%
Common Waxbill
Estrilda astrild
12.4%19.4%15.0%8.4%10.3%6.7%9.2%8.9%16.8%18.3%8.7%11.7%15.7%
Swamp Harrier
Circus approximans
10.6%12.7%10.8%6.9%7.1%6.3%8.4%10.6%19.0%14.5%8.7%7.9%14.0%
Tahiti Petrel
Pseudobulweria rostrata
9.5%6.4%6.7%8.8%11.1%19.5%12.2%16.6%8.1%5.6%7.1%8.7%3.6%
Gray-green Fruit-Dove
Ptilinopus purpuratus
8.5%10.4%8.2%6.7%4.4%5.5%10.0%9.0%14.4%11.6%6.4%7.3%8.5%
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
8.1%5.5%7.6%9.4%8.5%13.2%6.4%12.3%4.7%10.7%9.1%6.4%3.9%
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulva
7.9%11.3%8.8%15.7%8.0%1.2%0.7%3.9%2.1%13.7%8.5%9.0%11.6%
Little White-Tern
Gygis microrhyncha
7.8%8.7%12.9%8.4%5.9%14.9%6.0%4.3%1.0%4.1%12.9%10.5%4.4%
Red-browed Firetail
Neochmia temporalis
7.5%10.0%7.6%5.3%4.3%5.3%6.9%4.2%7.6%6.5%13.6%9.1%9.8%
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallus
7.4%8.5%7.0%4.3%4.8%2.3%7.4%10.3%9.7%7.0%15.5%7.6%4.3%
Gray-backed Tern
Onychoprion lunatus
7.0%2.6%5.2%11.0%7.4%8.2%10.3%9.0%7.6%6.4%4.2%6.0%5.8%
Society Kingfisher
Todiramphus veneratus
6.6%6.4%5.4%4.4%5.3%4.6%5.7%5.7%11.4%10.4%7.1%6.2%6.1%
White-capped Fruit-Dove
Ptilinopus dupetithouarsii
4.9%6.1%7.5%3.9%3.2%8.4%4.8%2.3%1.0%2.1%6.7%9.3%3.6%
Blue-gray Noddy
Anous ceruleus
4.5%4.5%6.4%6.6%4.6%5.7%2.5%3.5%1.2%3.5%7.8%6.3%1.1%
Tropical Shearwater
Puffinus bailloni
4.0%4.7%4.0%3.6%5.4%5.8%4.2%4.4%4.3%2.3%2.6%3.9%3.3%
Masked Booby
Sula dactylatra
4.0%2.5%6.7%6.2%3.6%5.0%2.7%3.4%1.5%4.8%4.5%4.1%2.8%
Marquesan Swiftlet
Aerodramus ocistus
3.9%4.4%6.3%3.1%2.3%6.2%4.2%1.9%0.2%2.2%6.9%5.8%3.2%
Tahiti Swallow
Hirundo tahitica
3.4%5.3%4.6%2.5%2.3%1.5%4.9%3.1%4.1%2.6%4.4%2.5%3.5%
Pacific Black Duck
Anas superciliosa
3.2%4.2%1.8%1.2%2.7%1.2%2.2%4.4%5.9%6.7%2.5%2.5%3.0%
Crimson-backed Tanager
Ramphocelus dimidiatus
3.0%5.4%3.6%2.1%1.8%1.7%3.3%4.0%4.3%1.9%2.7%1.9%3.7%
Northern Marquesan Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus percernis
2.9%4.5%4.7%2.4%1.8%4.0%1.8%1.2%0.2%1.6%6.2%4.0%2.6%
Bristle-thighed Curlew
Numenius tahitiensis
2.7%2.6%1.4%4.4%1.4%1.1%0.8%1.6%1.8%9.3%4.0%2.7%0.7%
Tuamotu Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus atyphus
2.6%5.7%1.7%4.5%2.4%2.9%3.2%4.5%1.5%1.3%1.8%1.4%0.6%
Raiatea Fruit-Dove
Ptilinopus chrysogaster
2.3%3.1%1.7%3.2%2.1%2.5%2.4%2.4%3.0%1.8%1.3%1.4%3.0%
Tahiti Swiftlet
Aerodramus leucophaeus
2.3%4.0%1.8%1.3%1.5%0.9%3.1%2.8%3.6%1.6%2.2%1.8%2.8%
Red-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon rubricauda
2.3%1.5%1.3%1.7%1.5%2.3%1.0%2.5%1.5%1.9%7.3%2.4%2.2%
Southern Marquesan Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus mendanae
2.2%1.9%1.9%3.0%0.6%3.5%2.8%0.5%0.6%1.6%4.5%5.0%1.2%
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Ardenna pacifica
2.2%2.8%2.2%4.0%2.8%1.9%0.4%0.5%1.9%1.6%2.9%2.7%2.2%
Tahiti Monarch
Pomarea nigra
1.7%1.6%2.0%1.1%1.3%0.8%2.5%1.5%3.3%1.6%1.3%1.5%1.8%
Chattering Kingfisher
Todiramphus tutus
1.7%1.9%1.1%1.2%1.5%1.4%1.8%2.6%3.0%1.5%0.8%1.1%2.1%
Tahiti Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus caffer
1.5%1.7%1.8%1.4%0.7%0.5%1.5%1.7%2.2%1.0%2.6%0.7%2.1%
Long-tailed Koel
Urodynamis taitensis
1.5%0.1%0.3%2.4%3.6%2.3%0.5%1.1%2.8%2.1%1.4%0.5%0.7%
Murphy's Petrel
Pterodroma ultima
1.4%0.0%0.0%0.5%1.6%0.6%0.0%0.6%0.4%1.7%10.2%0.6%0.3%
Little Heron
Butorides atricapilla
1.3%1.3%1.0%1.3%0.6%0.5%0.6%1.7%2.5%4.2%0.4%1.3%0.5%
Bulwer's Petrel
Bulweria bulwerii
1.2%1.3%2.6%1.6%1.1%1.9%0.0%0.0%0.2%0.5%2.9%1.9%0.5%
Nuku Hiva Imperial-Pigeon
Ducula galeata
1.2%1.2%2.0%1.1%0.9%2.4%0.8%0.5%0.0%0.7%1.4%1.7%1.3%
Atoll Fruit-Dove
Ptilinopus coralensis
1.0%0.4%0.3%2.4%0.8%1.3%1.6%0.4%0.7%1.3%1.3%1.7%0.0%
Polynesian Storm-Petrel
Nesofregetta fuliginosa
1.0%0.3%2.2%0.6%1.0%0.3%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.8%6.0%0.2%0.3%
Sooty Shearwater
Ardenna grisea
0.9%0.0%0.0%0.9%3.0%2.5%0.4%0.2%0.0%1.2%1.1%0.7%0.5%
Christmas Shearwater
Puffinus nativitatis
0.8%0.4%0.0%1.3%1.0%0.4%0.3%0.0%0.0%0.6%5.0%0.6%0.6%
Ultramarine Lorikeet
Vini ultramarina
0.8%0.7%2.7%0.3%0.0%0.6%1.0%0.6%0.0%0.6%1.3%0.5%0.8%
Makatea Fruit-Dove
Ptilinopus chalcurus
0.7%0.0%0.3%1.0%0.7%1.7%0.9%2.5%0.7%0.0%0.6%0.2%0.1%
Polynesian Imperial-Pigeon
Ducula aurorae
0.7%0.0%0.0%1.4%0.7%1.3%0.9%2.7%0.7%0.0%0.5%0.4%0.1%
Blue Lorikeet
Vini peruviana
0.7%1.1%0.7%0.8%0.7%0.4%0.8%1.1%0.6%0.7%0.9%0.5%0.2%
Herald Petrel
Pterodroma heraldica
0.6%0.9%0.4%1.3%0.1%1.3%0.4%0.5%0.3%0.6%0.8%0.4%0.2%
Tuamotu Sandpiper
Prosobonia parvirostris
0.6%0.0%0.3%1.1%0.5%0.6%0.2%0.8%0.0%1.5%0.7%1.2%0.3%
Marquesan Kingfisher
Todiramphus godeffroyi
0.5%0.3%1.0%0.5%0.7%1.0%1.2%0.5%0.0%0.4%0.6%0.3%0.1%
Iphis Monarch
Pomarea iphis
0.5%0.6%2.2%0.1%0.0%0.5%0.5%0.2%0.0%0.4%0.6%0.3%0.6%
Rimatara Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus rimitarae
0.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.8%0.0%0.3%2.1%0.0%0.0%0.4%0.1%0.8%
Kermadec Petrel
Pterodroma neglecta
0.4%0.0%0.1%0.8%0.3%0.0%0.5%0.2%0.2%0.3%2.9%0.0%0.0%
Kuhl's Lorikeet
Vini kuhlii
0.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.0%0.0%0.3%1.6%0.0%0.1%0.3%0.1%0.8%
Black-winged Petrel
Pterodroma nigripennis
0.4%0.0%0.0%0.3%0.2%2.7%0.2%0.5%0.6%0.0%0.2%0.2%0.1%
Fatu Hiva Monarch
Pomarea whitneyi
0.4%0.7%0.8%0.4%0.0%0.8%0.2%0.2%0.0%0.2%0.5%0.9%0.2%
White-bellied Storm-Petrel
Fregetta grallaria
0.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.2%0.0%0.2%3.7%0.2%0.0%
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschata
0.4%0.3%1.0%0.3%0.2%0.2%0.3%0.7%0.5%0.3%0.2%0.2%0.2%
Sanderling
Calidris alba
0.3%0.5%1.1%0.6%0.7%0.1%0.0%0.2%0.0%0.2%0.4%0.1%0.2%
Black-headed Weaver
Ploceus melanocephalus
0.3%0.3%0.5%0.3%0.0%0.3%0.0%0.1%0.5%0.3%0.1%1.0%0.4%
Spotless Crake
Zapornia tabuensis
0.3%0.0%1.0%0.4%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.2%0.1%0.0%0.3%0.7%0.3%
Parkinson's Petrel
Procellaria parkinsoni
0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.9%0.0%0.0%
Polynesian Ground Dove
Pampusana erythroptera
0.2%0.0%0.0%0.3%0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.8%0.8%0.7%0.0%
Phoenix Petrel
Pterodroma alba
0.2%0.0%1.1%0.6%0.2%0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.2%0.3%0.0%0.0%
Juan Fernandez Petrel
Pterodroma externa
0.2%0.0%0.0%0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.4%0.5%0.3%
Tuamotu Kingfisher
Todiramphus gambieri
0.2%0.0%0.0%0.8%0.1%0.4%0.4%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.3%0.2%0.0%
Soft-plumaged Petrel
Pterodroma mollis
0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.2%0.0%0.0%
Marquesan Monarch
Pomarea mendozae
0.2%0.1%0.3%0.2%0.0%0.3%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.3%0.0%0.8%0.0%
Mottled Petrel
Pterodroma inexpectata
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.5%0.5%0.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%
Buller's Shearwater
Ardenna bulleri
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.6%
Gould's Petrel
Pterodroma leucoptera
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.4%0.0%0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.6%0.3%0.0%
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Hydrobates leucorhous
0.1%0.0%0.9%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.2%
Collared Petrel
Pterodroma brevipes
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.9%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.4%0.1%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.3%0.1%0.0%
Long-tailed Jaeger
Stercorarius longicaudus
0.1%0.3%0.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.1%0.0%
Cook's Petrel
Pterodroma cookii
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.4%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.2%0.3%0.1%0.0%
Gray Petrel
Procellaria cinerea
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.9%0.0%0.0%
Rapa Shearwater
Puffinus myrtae
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.7%0.0%0.0%
White-faced Storm-Petrel
Pelagodroma marina
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.7%0.0%0.0%
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotos
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.6%0.0%0.0%
Parasitic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticus
0.1%0.0%0.2%0.3%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.1%0.0%
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
Hydrobates castro
0.1%0.0%0.5%0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Marquesan Ground Dove
Pampusana rubescens
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.2%0.3%0.0%0.1%
White-necked Petrel
Pterodroma cervicalis
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.3%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Gray-faced Petrel
Pterodroma gouldi
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.6%0.0%0.0%
Buller's Albatross
Thalassarche bulleri
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.5%0.1%0.0%
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianus
0.0%0.0%0.2%0.1%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.1%0.0%
Stejneger's Petrel
Pterodroma longirostris
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.2%0.1%0.0%
Black-bellied Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Rapa Fruit-Dove
Ptilinopus huttoni
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.3%0.0%0.0%
House Sparrow
Passer domesticus
0.0%0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatus
0.0%0.0%0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Bridled Tern
Onychoprion anaethetus
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%
Short-tailed Shearwater
Ardenna tenuirostris
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinus
0.0%0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Henderson Petrel
Pterodroma atrata
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.3%0.0%0.0%
Nazca Booby
Sula granti
0.0%0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Salvin's Albatross
Thalassarche salvini
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.3%0.0%0.0%
Black-rumped Waxbill
Estrilda troglodytes
0.0%0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Red Phalarope
Phalaropus fulicarius
0.0%0.0%0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Laughing Gull
Leucophaeus atricilla
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
White-chinned Petrel
Procellaria aequinoctialis
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Oceanites oceanicus
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.1%0.0%
Budgerigar
Melopsittacus undulatus
0.0%0.0%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Black-naped Tern
Sterna sumatrana
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Chatham Albatross
Thalassarche eremita
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%
Franklin's Gull
Leucophaeus pipixcan
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Graylag Goose
Anser anser
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Ua Pou Monarch
Pomarea mira
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
White-headed Petrel
Pterodroma lessonii
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%
Pacific Swallow
Hirundo javanica
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%
South Polar Skua
Stercorarius maccormicki
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Red-billed Tropicbird
Phaethon aethereus
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Light-mantled Albatross
Phoebetria palpebrata
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Northern Giant-Petrel
Macronectes halli
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Moorea Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus longirostris
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%